Lou --

Have you seen this???

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/18/twa-flight-800-investigators-break-silence-in-new-documentary-claim-original/

Thanks for the news on Flight 800.

Somewhere back in this thread I think I stated that on the night of the event I was giving a simulator check ride and during the break I walked into the mechanics area where a radio ( WCBS - News Radio 880 ) was broadcasting the story about the crash and it was mentioned that a satellite had detected a missile launch in the area of the crash.

It was never mentioned again!   :o

Lou

Lou -- I remember seeing some sort of video or picture showing a vague ground to air missile type tracking thing. Also remember something about possible friendly fire???? There were a number of people who adamantly endorsed the ground to air missile cause.

Bruce

Is this one of those "Bite off more then you can chew" moments? Seems really strange to me...  :o

There are now too many questions which were supposedly answered with the NTSB report which are now (possibly) unanswered again.  

I'm not into conspiracies, but this is an area I have some empirical knowledge.

If you remember the post in this thread about the 727 over Detroit that lost control and went supersonic, well the NTSB and FAA were very quick to blame the pilots saying they pulled circuit breakers and put the trailing edge flaps to 2 degrees to be able to fly the plane which was too heavy    for FL390. Later, it was found that the real culprit was the Boeing rudder actuator. In fact, this faulty actuator was discovered to be the cause of several other "loss of control" crashes - A United 737 in COS and a USAir 737 in PIT. Both the 727 & 737 used the same actuators. In fact as an instructor, I saw many reports of 727 rudder actuator problems over the years - nothing was ever done since the pilots were able to keep the plane under control and land safely.

In the TWA 800 event, I knew the crew very well and in fact spoke to the Captain just hours before the crash. I had flown that same 747 many times. None of the pilots believed the center tank story & in fact the FAA was never able to make the tank explode in several tests. One of the TWA pilots who was assigned to the investigation was someone I worked with for many years. He was a very serious and capable pilot and instructor. He was the one who took a small piece of the seat cushion that had some strange substance on it. The substance turned out to be some sort of rocket fuel residue. He was arrested and kept in house arrest for a year. This is a person I trust.

Lets see who comes forward to blow the whistle.

It's too bad the aviation industry is so against "whistle blowers". I would have thought that would change after those incidents and many others.

Lou --

Jim Sanders must be the guy you referred to. Have you seen this site? All kinds of info in left column.

http://twa800.com/pages/sanders_main.htm

Bruce

Bruce, this is not who I was talking about. Sanders & his wife, who was a Flight Attendant, wrote a book on Flight 800. This other fellow kept a very low profile.

Lou

Has there been any more word on whether or not they're going to reopen the investigation? I heard about this when the story broke, but nothing for a few days.

I think we will have to wait for the program to air before we find out if they are going to reopen the investigation or not.